Brian E. Bledsoe (he,him,his)
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Warnings rise for U.S. as a severe flu strain causes outbreaks. A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing unprecedented outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly 2 months.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Warnings rise for U.S. as a severe flu strain causes outbreaks. A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing unprecedented outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly 2 months.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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Society only chose option 1 because they were lied to.
“It’s just a cold”
“Kids are fine”
“Herd immunity”
"Only the vulnerable are at risk"
Repeat it enough times and people believe there’s no danger.
Denial is easy. Prevention takes effort.
Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
“It’s just a cold”
“Kids are fine”
“Herd immunity”
"Only the vulnerable are at risk"
Repeat it enough times and people believe there’s no danger.
Denial is easy. Prevention takes effort.
Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Society only chose option 1 because they were lied to.
“It’s just a cold”
“Kids are fine”
“Herd immunity”
"Only the vulnerable are at risk"
Repeat it enough times and people believe there’s no danger.
Denial is easy. Prevention takes effort.
Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
“It’s just a cold”
“Kids are fine”
“Herd immunity”
"Only the vulnerable are at risk"
Repeat it enough times and people believe there’s no danger.
Denial is easy. Prevention takes effort.
Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
Tell us about community levels, community transmission levels, SARS-2/COVID-19 & data visualization.
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FACTS.
CDC Figures It Easier To Start Tracking People Without Measles
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tell us about community levels, community transmission levels, SARS-2/COVID-19 & data visualization.
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This satire also parallels major misinformation & mismanagement shift in Feb. 25, 2022 with the CDC response to SARS-2/COVID-19 when then they made up "Community Levels" instead of tracking case transmissions when Omicron variant exploded in the US & globally.
CDC Figures It Easier To Start Tracking People Without Measles
CDC Figures It Easier To Start Tracking People Without Measles
ATLANTA—As the agency struggles to manage a measles caseload that has erupted to its largest size in decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated Monday that at this point, it would ...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This satire also parallels major misinformation & mismanagement shift in Feb. 25, 2022 with the CDC response to SARS-2/COVID-19 when then they made up "Community Levels" instead of tracking case transmissions when Omicron variant exploded in the US & globally.
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N95s can prevent more than just Covid!
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
N95s can prevent more than just Covid!
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.
They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.
Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.
Respirators are pretty amazing.
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If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.
October 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.
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Attn Black people, stop scrolling.
This is not a drill: Chicago
This is not a drill: Chicago
October 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Attn Black people, stop scrolling.
This is not a drill: Chicago
This is not a drill: Chicago
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It's not too late to start masking again
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's not too late to start masking again
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
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It’s #MythBustingMonday.
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s #MythBustingMonday.
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵
Today’s myth: “Multiple vaccines at once will overload a child’s immune system.”
This idea is popular with anti-vaccine groups and also POTUS. But immunology, decades of research, and real-world data all say the same thing: it’s false. 🧵
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That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
That quote is not out of context, the full version is worse.
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Sanofi will offer a month's supply of any of its insulin products for $35 to all patients in the U.S. with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Sanofi set to offer insulin products at $35 per month for all US patients
French drugmaker Sanofi said on Friday it would offer a month's supply of any of its insulin products for $35 to all patients in the U.S. with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status.
www.reuters.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Sanofi will offer a month's supply of any of its insulin products for $35 to all patients in the U.S. with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
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Covid is a social justice issue, especially now that governments have abandoned us in favour of “you do you” policies that leave the vulnerable by the wayside
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Covid is a social justice issue, especially now that governments have abandoned us in favour of “you do you” policies that leave the vulnerable by the wayside
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
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I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
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I asked the former CDC Director & CDC Chief Medical Officer if parents should trust the recommendations of the former CDC vaccine advisory board. Short answer? Yes.
Could parents trust the recommendations from RFK Jr's newly installed vaccine skeptics? Not so much.
Fire RFK Jr.
Could parents trust the recommendations from RFK Jr's newly installed vaccine skeptics? Not so much.
Fire RFK Jr.
September 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I asked the former CDC Director & CDC Chief Medical Officer if parents should trust the recommendations of the former CDC vaccine advisory board. Short answer? Yes.
Could parents trust the recommendations from RFK Jr's newly installed vaccine skeptics? Not so much.
Fire RFK Jr.
Could parents trust the recommendations from RFK Jr's newly installed vaccine skeptics? Not so much.
Fire RFK Jr.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s former chief medical officer told lawmakers Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should resign.
https://to.pbs.org/3I6qTSa
https://to.pbs.org/3I6qTSa
WATCH: Former CDC leader Dr. Debra Houry says RFK Jr. should resign
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., asked Dr. Debra Houry during a hearing about upheaval at the agency if she believed that Kennedy is “incompetent and dangerous to the American people's health.”
www.pbs.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s former chief medical officer told lawmakers Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should resign.
https://to.pbs.org/3I6qTSa
https://to.pbs.org/3I6qTSa
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Here are the first vaccine recommendations issued by the West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii:
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here are the first vaccine recommendations issued by the West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii:
Good news for Oregonians: anti-science federal restrictions for updated COVID-19 booster vaccines have been superceded by OHA, OR Board of Pharmacy, Gov. Tina Kotek & Western States Health Alliance.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
September 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Good news for Oregonians: anti-science federal restrictions for updated COVID-19 booster vaccines have been superceded by OHA, OR Board of Pharmacy, Gov. Tina Kotek & Western States Health Alliance.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.
Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.
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Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.
End the genocide. Ceasefire now.